Historic 1920s Signature Quilt Donated to Canadian County Museum
The Canadian County Museum is pleased to announce the donation of a remarkable signature quilt dating back to the 1920s,...
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Crossroads of the Continent
By Brian Rukes, El Reno Historian, November 2023 While it is true that MANY cities and towns tout themselves as...
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Legend of John Wilkes Booth
By Brian Rukes, El Reno Historian, April 2025 This post, is perhaps the most astounding, most fantastic, and arguably the most...
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Jesse Chisholm’s Death, the Chisholm Trail, Highway 81, the Crossroads of the Continent, and the Rock Island Railroad in El Reno
By Brian Rukes, El Reno Historian March 4, 1868 marks the date Jesse Chisholm passed away, the man for whom...
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Miss Etta Dorothea Dale
By Brian Rukes ERPS Historian What were some of the major accomplishments of the person for whom Etta Dale Junior...
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History of El Reno
Early El Reno, photograph, 1901; (https://gateway.okhistory.org/ark:/67531/metadc2435360/m1/1/?q=EL%20RENO%20: accessed December 10, 2025), The Gateway to Oklahoma History, https://gateway.okhistory.org; crediting El Reno Carnegie...
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Some of El Reno’s First
SOME OF EL RENO’S FIRST The FIRST BANK was established in 1889 by S. W. Sawyer and called the Bank...
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El Reno Fire Department
Early El Reno Fire Department Attributing research and compilation too: Carolyn Marquardt Barker (1939 – 2018) In the beginning the...
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Origin of Early El Reno Street Names
Attributing research and compilation too: Carolyn Marquardt Barker (1939 – 2018) In June 1889 George Lambe was hired by the...
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El Charo Theatre
El Caro opening day-night Courtesy of Tommy Neathery's Collection Interior of the El Caro Theater in 1940 (Photo from...
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Ho Ho the Clown – Ed Birchall
Edward P Birchall - Ho Ho the Clown Edward P. Birchall was born July 16, 1923 at Colchester, Connecticut. He...
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El Reno Reformatory History
The federal reformatory was constructed in the southeast corner of Fort Reno military reservation. The first ground was broken on...
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Kelso’s Department Store
Kelso’s Department Store, owned by James E. Kelso, was the first department store in El Reno, Oklahoma. Kelso's was a...
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